Interview with Lucas Lanza, President of the "Sociedad de la Información para las Americas" (http://www.eamericas.org). Politics 2.0 in Argentina. Campaign, elections and the future.  Can the politics use the new media for the government? 

The first of many bits and pieces we're bound to share with you after our visit to the fantastic Personal Democracy Forum in New York last week, here Marc Smith gives you the run down on what he and his colleagues are working on around social network analysis and online relationships.

As I say more of this sort of thing as we catch up on our post-event reading, but for now take a look at the event summary from FutureGov's Carrie as well as what was said on Twitter during the 2 day event.

Oh, and then there's always the recordings of the keynotes brought to you by Civico of course... :)

Today we launched our new look website (and web address) over at wearefuturegov.com

Why not take a look - we'd love to hear what you think!

And while you're at it, grab yourself a spot at our next FutureGov Network event being run with the Improvement and Development Agency for local government:

Local by Social: Social Innovation for local government

Last week I was part of an O'Reilly Gov 2.0 online conference, Gov 2.0 Internation: Global Meeting Local Challenges.

I spoke on UK Innovations in Gov 2.0 (or 'You say Gov 2.0, we say digital engagement'), giving attendees (viewers?) from round the world a taste of the journey the UK has been through in embracing web 2.0 in government.

Clearly it's a quick canter through one man's take on the UK's journey and doesn't cover everything, but I'd love to hear views on the story I tell and anything I may have missed.

You can also find links to all the websites I mention in the presentation over here.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the FutureGov meets Measurement Camp event yesterday, hosted at Edelman's swanky offices.
Here's a bunch of stuff from the day:

Slides presented by Dominic Campbell of FutureGov
http://www.slideshare.net/lesteph/evaluation-why-s.... Read More

Today is the FutureGov meets Measurement Camp session - to follow all the action check out the hashtag:

#FGMC

We'll stick the slides up here as well...

I used to consider myself a *relatively* balanced individual not too prone to obsessive compulsive tendencies. That was until NASA's social websites came into my life of course...

Whether it's following tweeting Astronauts and their colleagues on the ground or watching space shuttles do backflips in space live on NASA TV (yes - it really does exist!), I have found myself becoming somewhat of a space stalker.

And now NASA have even started reaching out to cling-ons like me, running their own Tweetups and appearing at others.

Here's a presentation from a recent NASA appearance at the Houston Social Media Club on Feb 4, 2010 about #NASA's successes in social media and open government.

Enjoy! But watch out - you'll get hooked too, trust me :)